Oh my, a quaint English Tea House in a delightful town. It's where TIP comes from - Victorian tea…read morehouses had a small box on each table. If you dropped a coin or more in the box, as you were being sat down, the waiter made sure you got served efficiently - the boxes had written on them to improve promptness. as I've said before, I can resist everything but temptation and the pastries, cakes and of course the smells here just yelled buy me. Happy to oblige me dears. I mean iced fancies, sweet pies, crispy tarts, buttery shortcrust, fresh cream, grated lemon zest, meringue. Oooh. Expect to pay a sum commensurate with quality. We got lots of cakes and pastries to share with our grandkids. Everything we got was exceptional quality and looked so inviting. The servers were charming and all the goodies were boxed up and tied with ribbons. Just proper.

A beautiful tearoom, I'm partial to the York location but Harrogate is lovely too…read more This is an English tea to die for, but the menu has fantastic choices and I swear all of them tasty. The staff are so friendly and with crisp clean uniforms they bring a touch of nostalgia. If you have the chance this is a must visit, or grab some cakes to take home and nibble on.

TL;DR - A truly unique venue combining art, food and shopping…read more One of Sparky's colleagues tipped us off about this place, and I'm amazed we'd never heard of it before. In case you don't know (I didn't!), Saltaire was built by industrialist Titus Salt (amazing name!) alongside the river Aire to bring all aspects of his textiles business onto one enormous site. He also built a town for the workers, and the whole area is now a world heritage site. The mill has now been converted into an amazing and huge venue spanning several floors. There's so much here it's hard to take in, but I'll try and summarise. The ground floor is a mixture of books on art, stationery and arts supplies, postcards and the like but interspersed with huge art displays. At first I wasn't sure if I was in an art gallery or a shop, but the answer is both. As with the rest of the mill, David Hockney features strongly throughout. There's a basement level which we didn't explore in detail, but it sells rugs and wallpapers and is just as big as the ground floor. The first floor houses the most. One end is a gorgeous bookshop, where the focus seems to be on unusual titles rather than breadth - I saw many, many books in the recipe section which I'd never seen or heard of anywhere else. The other end of the building is devoted to homewares - kitchen supplies, furniture, clocks and more. A lot of it is very expensive, but it's a beautifully curated selection of objects for sale. Between these two wings is Salt's Diner. It's a separate venue on Yelp but suffice it to say we had lunch here and it was great.Through the restaurant you can access a further wing of the building which is split into an outdoor clothing shop, a jewellers, an art exhibit, a treasure trove of an antique store and a small coffee shop. Finally, the top floor is split into three: an exhibit on the history of the mill, a major exhibition of work by David Hockney, and a further cafe/restaurant. On top of all these, parking is free on site and it's right next to the Saltaire train station, so there's really no excuse for not visiting.

Its easy to spend the best part of a day wandering round the amazing Salts Mill with its extensive…read morecollection of David Hockney's work and its eclectic selection of "shops" which include an excellent book shop, the wonderful home section with its stunning array of furnishings and kitchen porn, and the antique/collectables area. At some point you are going to need to get some fuel on board and Salts Diner is not a bad option. Its situated on the 1st floor of this wonderful labyrinthine industrial building in a large area between the book shop and the home shop. It was very busy on our visit between Christmas and New Year but we managed to get a table for 6 without much difficulty. The young waiting girls were all very helpful and attentive and we soon settled down with a reasonably priced bottle of Merlot to have a look at the menu. There is fairly wide choice of available, and while there is no real theme to the menu, there is enough to satisfy all the generations of family visitors that Salts Mill attracts. There are lots of ankle biters about so be careful in your choice of seating if you want a peaceful lunch. I had the roast butternut squash and lentil soup from the daily specials board which was tasty and wholesome, obviously a popular selection as it was soon rubbed off the board. B and I both went down the pizza route for our main and shared a bowl of nicely cooked crispy fries; nothing to complain about but pretty bog standard. The most successful main seemed to be Danny's beef meatballs and pasta in a rich tomato sauce, again from daily specials board, although the other boys were quite complimentary about their beef and ale pies which came in a nice white dish topped with puff pastry. All in all while this was nothing to write home about it was a pretty decent lunch in a great building. Salts Diner itself its not somewhere I would go out of my way to visit but works well a part of a visit to the Mill (I would particularly recommended a visit at the moment to see the amazing "Flowers" show on the top floor of work created by Mr Hockney on his iPad - just stunning). 3 for Salts Diner and 5 for the Mill.

I'm not the biggest fan of Oxfam on the whole, as charities go it is the one that has most…read moreobviously become more of a business. In many cases the Oxfam shops sell second hand clothing at ridiculous prices under the guise of vintage, and I've even seen Primark clothing on sale there for a little more than it sells brand new! But Oxfam books is a shade different. Here there are literally hundreds of different books on sale. As with the standard Oxfam shops, some of these are a little overpriced, but with so much variety it's hard not to find a bargain in here. There are lots of popular texts, but also some really quirky old books, which have that lovely antique vibe. I wanted to find some specialist literature based around gender studies and feminist non-fiction and found a far better range and highlighted section than even Borders - which had merged those texts in with lesbian erotica! Oh the irony! Every item that I chose to purchase was super cheap and it was pleasing to know that some of my money, however much, should go to a good cause. A great gem of a bookshop for wee Headingley.

Oxfam Books is jolly good indeed. It is rather large and has clearly labelled sections with areas…read moreincluding gender studies, philosophy, gardening and much, much more. It's the kind of place you could spend forever in, browsing, reading, then curling up in a corner engrossed! It has a lovely, library-like feel to it with many other people flicking through pages and browsing the shelves. For the most part the books are very good value for money and the huge selection means you are absolutely guaranteed to find something you want to take away. They also sell a tasteful range of greetings cards. The staff seem lovely and you get the impression they really enjoy their job. Next time I have some pennies to rub together I'm definitely heading over there to stock up on books in preparation for springtime reading under a tree in my local park! Can't wait!

This lovely little cafe in the heart of Otley certainly is special. As a cafe it has a huge range…read moreof delightful treats on offer, including a huge breakfast range - most notably their delicious full English for only £4.50! They also offer a large range of lunch time bites, gorgeous jacket potatoes with a range of fillings, sandwiches, toasties, paninis and so on, all freshly made. Their cakes are also delightful and go down a treat with a pot of tea of cup of coffee! Perfect if you're out shopping and want a break. Best of all though is that this is the only cafe I know of that caters for celiac sufferers, with a selection of gluten-free goods. I don't know about you, but that is an awesome thing in my book, as it is so easy for most places to ignore the unfortunate minority who can't enjoy gluten based products. It is spacious inside, with room enough for bigger groups and outside has some seating too. Lovely!

I haven't been yet, but I had to comment.. as my grandma is a celiac sufferer and i have been…read morescrolling the internet for hours for somewhere I can take her for a meal. I shall be bringing her up a week on friday. I look forward for the happy grin on her face when she realises she can go some where for a meal without having to worry. Thanks so much.. going to rate it a 5 as I can tell already this is going to make her day.

This was the perfect place to go with a hangover after a long night at the Victoria Works. Big…read moregreasy fry up with a cup of tea...perfect! It's cheap and doesn't really care whether you like it or not. It is what it is and doesn't try to impress. Full of workmen at all times ordering a ton of food, it's always pretty busy. It's not hard to see why.

Next to Milford's Merchants, this little cafe is a proper builders cafe serving up no-fuss food…read morewithout fannying around trying to be something it's not. It caters for its surroundings offering up butties and builders tea and it's all good value for money. If it's a proper greasey spoon you're after around the Hyde Park/ Burley area, look no further than Sharen's Den.

Highly recommend the Tea Room in Harrogate England! The owner was able to give us some great…read morerecommendations as we traveled to Edinburgh. Come and enjoy the AMAZING hospitality and GREAT scones and hand blended tea!! Superb!!!! We will be back!!

Nice place within indoor shopping centre. Very nice staff and very nice coffee but only gave three…read morestars because it is overpriced. Much too expensive to recommend.

An excellent cafe hidden down an alleyway called Mauds Yard in the olde Market town of Pontefract…read more The building is oblong shaped, its length running parallel to the old alleyway with frecnh doors swinging out in summer. The name instantly associated itself with old women, frilly doilys and pots of tea, however don't be put off as Mauds cafe is bang up to date. Presumably like York, the capital city of Yorkshire which also has its fair share of random names for streets and alleyways, certain places must have got their names from some of the characters that lived in them, so Maud must have been infamous for her day. I dread to think actually (!) A very slick and polished interior with light stained oak laminate flooring and panels and cream walls is the perfect environment for the well presented but honest and down to earth food consisting of Sandwiches wraps and jacket potatoes and all coffees with a contemporary edge. the place is light and airy but quiet enough to get away from the hustle and bustle of the market in full swing unlike some of the other places in town The staff are extremely friendly and effiecent and always welcoming and remembering of faces. At night they also have a full license and Maud's turns into a bar, which is quite popular and busy. certainly one of the more clean and aspiring cafes in pontefract, probably the main one to go to now.

Decent café wine-bar, on an alleyway just off the market square in the centre of Pontefract. They…read moreserve a range of sandwiches, wraps, paninis, jacket potatoes, salads & breakfasts. I had a chicken & bacon salad which was perfectly good, if not exactly inspired, and pretty generously sized.

The name tells you everything you need to know about this place - it's opposite the university,…read morequite literally, meaning that it's an absolute haven for students and lecturers alike. Every lunchtime, and even at non-peak times, this place has people spilling out of every doorway and onto the main road - it gets seriously busy. Obviously, this is a good sign, but it can get frustrating when you queue up for what seems like an age, and then struggle to find anywhere to sit once you finally have your sandwich and coffee. If you can find somewhere to sit, then it's a glorious experience - inside they have cushty couches and loads of art work on the walls from local talent. Outside the little chairs provide a nice place for you to people watch while you munch on what will undoubtedly be a tasty sandwich and drink the city's best espresso. If there were more places to sit, it would most definitely get five stars.

Opposite is a frustrating story of, well... opposites. The best of some worlds clashing with the…read moreworst of others. The coffee here is the best on or around the university. Given how bad some of the coffee is at the university's own cafes (latte art does not good coffee necessarily make!), it's a relief to know good stuff can be had here. Some of the service is top-notch. And they deserve plaudits for giving a 10p discount to those bringing their own cup. This is another area where all the university's cafes fall down, however much one might expect them to do the sustainable, environmentally-friendly, fair thing. Alas, that's not where the story ends. Some of the service is top-notch. Some of it is atrocious and inept. The barista making my latte moved with the urgency who had just stumbled out of bed after a late night. He misjudged the amount of soy milk he needed for my latte, only realising when he had added it to the espresso. Rather than ditch everything and start again like the best obsessive baristas might, issuing a barrage of apologies, he simply steamed some more soy latte and added it to his previous creation. Worst of all, I noticed that he didn't purge the steam arm when he had finished, meaning the next lucky customer would likely be enjoying their coffee with an infusion of old soy milk. Ewww. That is bad enough in my view, but there's a little more: spotting that they sell North Star coffee in bags (for £8.50-£9), I asked if they could grind it for me. After all, they sell V60 filter cones, paper and grinders. They're obviously serious about their coffee, so grinding beans should be as easy for them as it has been for every coffee shop across the world that I've asked of this favour, right? Apparently not, forcing me to trek into town to find a coffee shop able to both sell good coffee ground or be able to grind beans. Very disappointing.